Husking device.



G. & F. A. TAIVIS.

HUSKING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED APR-18,1914.

Patianted July 13, 1915.

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GLADWIN TAMS AND FREDERICK A. TAMS, OF ST. LAWRENCE, SOUTH DAKOTA.

HUSKING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 13, 1915.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, GLADWIN TAMs and Fnnonnron; A. TAMs, citizens ofthe United States, residing at St. Lawrence, in the county of Hand andState of South Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Husking Devices, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in what is knownas a husk.- ing mitten, the main object of the invention being theprovision of a mitten of this character which is especially adapted foruse in husking corn and includes a body mitten having a portion thereofcovered with a plurality of metal links and also provided with improvedmeans for adjusting the mitten so that the same may be readily appliedto various sizes of hands.

Another object of the present invention is the provision of a mitten ofthe above character which will possess advantages in points ofefficiency and durability, is lnexpensive to manufacture and, at thesame time, is simple in construction and operation.

With the above and other objects in view,

the invention consists in the novel features of construction,combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter referred toand more particularly pointed out in the specification and claims.

In the accompanying drawingforming a part of this application, Figure 1is a rear elevation of a mitten constructed 1n accord ance with ourinvention and illustrating the left hand mitten. Fig. 2 is a frontelevation.

of the right hand mitten. Fig. 3 is a top plan view illustrating theconnection of the links at the outer end of the thumb. Fig. 4: is adetail perspective view of one of the links, illustrating the manner ofconnecting the same. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view illustratingthe manner of fastening the links to the mitten; and Fig. 6 is a detailperspective view of that form of link which connects the plate to thebody of the mitten.

In the accompanying drawing'it will be noted that Fig. 2 illustrates afront elevation of a right-handed mitten, while in Fig. 1 a rearelevation of aleft-handed mitten is illustrated, eachcomplete mittenbeing in all respects a counterpart of the other. The body 1 of themitten may be of a conventional form and constructed of leather or othersuitable material and provided upon the front face thereof with ametallic cover which extends over the upper end of the mitten and downupon the back thereof to a certain point. This metallic coveringconsists of a plurality of wire links 2 preferably U-shaped in form andare so arranged that the ends thereof are looped, as shown at 3 andengaged over the intermediate portlons of the links next in order,whereby to form a solid loosely connected metal covering for the mitten.The wire links 2 may besecured to the body of the mitten in any suitablemanner but we prefer to have them so formed at the lower or wristportion of the mitten, that a plurality of loops i are provided and areriveted or otherwise secured to the body of the mitten by rivets 4?. Theside portions of certain of said links are provided with loops 5, thepurpose of which will be hereinafter more fully set forth. 7

Arranged preferably at a central point in the palm portion of theright-hand mitten is a metallic plate 6 upon which a husking knife 7 ismounted, said knife being securely held in position by means of therivets 8 and is bifurcated at its outer end, as shown at 9 to form thetwo spaced engaging points 10. The husking plate 6 is securely held inposition by having the rivets 11 extended through the loops 5 andengaged with the plate. The plate is further held by means of theleather strap 12, said strap 12 extending across the upper end of theplate and secured thereto in any suitable manner, the ends of said strapextending around under the back of the mitten and sewed or otherwisesecured, as shown at 13.

The mitten 1 is retained upon the hand by means of a leather strap 14which 'is adapted to be wrapped around the wrist of the operator andsecured by means of the buckle 15. In order to provide for the adustmentof the body of the mitten, an opening 16 is formed in the back of themitten and secured to the mitten at the lower end of the opening bymeans of a rivet 17 is a strap 18 which is bifurcated, as shown at 19 toform two separated straps 20, said straps extending through the loops 21arranged upon opposite sides of the opening, thence extended across eachother and secured to opposite corners at the upper end of the opening,by means of the buckles 22. From this it will be apparent that by adenedupon the hand, the links will justing the ends of the straps 20, thebody of the mitten may be drawn tightly about the hand, so as to preventany free movement of the mitten when applied to the hand, and whereby itwill be noted that the mitten may beapplied to various sizes of handsand securely fitted thereon.

It is to be particularly noted that'the links 2 are so constructed as tohave sliding engagement with each other. Thus in Fig. 4 the links shownin dotted lines can have a lateral sliding movement with the link shownin full lines, and it will be seen upon consideration that the links ofone row of links are independently movable with relation to each other,but have sliding engagement with the next adjacent rows of links. Thisis for the purpose of permitting the mitten to be tightened up upon thehand by means of the straps 20 and 19. If no provision were made forthis sliding engagement of the several links, the tightening up of themitten upon the hand would simply tend to bag or crumple up theinterlinked covering. As it is, when the mitten is tightslide upon eachother to conform to the tightening of the body of the mitten and wherethe mitten is expanded in order to remove it, the links will yieldlaterally and permit the easy removal of the mitten. Furthermore, itwill be seen from Figs. 1 and 2 that the strain transmitted by thestraps 20 is diagonal, and it will also be seen that the links at thepalm of the mitten are arranged in diagonal rows corresponding to thedirection of this strain. Furthermore, it is to be particularly notedthat the rows of links are connected, each row at its inner end to theplate 6 by means of the rivet 4* so that the strain placed upon the rowsof links will be born by the plates 6. Again it is to be noted that thelinks forming the interlinked covering of the mitten are only sewed tothe mitten, as regards the palm of the mitten, adjacent the wristportion of the mitten. This wrist portion being held tightly upon thewrist, there is no extension of the contracted movement of the linksprior to this point, but all over the remainder of the mitten the linksare free to shift laterally.

From the above description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawing, it will be noted that we have provided a husking mitten whichis formed with means whereby to eliminate the unusual wear upon the bodyof the mitten which is caused by the husking of corn and it will benotedthat the links which extendupon the thumb 23 of the mitten areconnected at the outer end of the thumb to an eyelet 24:. Furthermore,it will be understood that any suitable form ofhusking knife may beapplied to our improved mitten other than the one illustrated in theaccompanying drawing and described above. It will also be understoodthat while we have shown and described the link members 2 as preferablyU-shaped in form, they may be formed in any suitable shape and securedto the end of the mitten in any desired manner, other than that shownand illustrated. Our improved mitten, as herein shown and described, isextremely simple in construction and can be manufactured and placed uponthe market at a comparatively low cost.

\Vhile we have shown and described the preferred form of our invention,it will be obvious that various changes in the details of constructionand in the proportions may be resorted to for successfully carrying ourinvention into practice, without sacrificing any of the principles ofthe invention or departing from the scope of the appended claims.-

Having thus described this invention, what we claim is 1. A huskingdevice of the character described including a body of flexible material,a metallic covering therefor comprising a plurality of links, said linksbeing disposed in adjacent rows, the links of one row being slidablyengaged with the links of the adjacent row, but the links of the samerow being independent from each other, and a husking member disposed onsaid body and including a base plate to the margins of which the ends ofcertain rows of links are connected.

2. A husking device of the character described including a body offlexible material adapted to be disposed upon the hand, a metalliccovering therefor comprising a plurality of links, said links beingdisposed in adjacent rows, the links of one row being slidably engagedwith the links of the adjacent row but the links of the same row beingindependent of each other, and a husking member disposed on said bodyand including a base plate to the margins of which the ends of certainrows of links are connected, and means for tightening the body upon thehand.

8. A husking device including a body of flexible material having meansfor tightening upon a hand, a metallic covering therefor comprising aplurality of U-shapcd links, said links being arranged in adjacent rows,the links of each row being independent of each other, and the links ofeach row being provided with eyes engaging the cross bar of the links ofthe next adjacent row, and a husking member disposed on said body andoperatively connected to certain of said rows of links.

l. A husking device including a body of flexible material, means fortightening the body about the hand, a metallic covering thereforcomprising a plurality of U-shaped links, each link having a cross barand outwardly extending legs, the extremities of the legs being formedwith eyes, said links being arranged in rows, the links of each rowbeing independent of each other, and the eyes of thelinks of one rowengaging around the cross bar of the links of the next adjacent row,whereby the links of adjacent rows may have sliding engagement with eachother, and a husking member disposed upon said body.

5. A husking device including a body of flexible material adapted toinclose the hand, a pair of straps operatively connected to each otherand to the body at a point on the back thereof and above the wrist saidstraps extending divergingly and being slidably engaged with theopposite portions of the back of the body, then crossing each other andbeing adjustably engaged with vthe body, a metallic covering for thebody comprising a plurality of links, said links being arranged inadjacent rows, the links of one row having sliding engagement with thelinks of the next adjacent rows, the links extending across the palm ofthe body being arranged diagonally to the length thereof andapproximately parallel to the strain exerted by said straps, and ahusking member disposed on the palm of the body.

6. A husking device including a body of flexible material, a metalliccovering therefor comprising a plurality of U-shaped links, said linksbeing arranged in adjacent rows, the links of one row having slidingengagement with the links of adjacent rows,

the links of one row being independent of each other, the marginal linksof the covering being formed with eyes riveted to the said body, meansfor tightening the body about the hand, and a husking member carried bythe body.

7. A husking implement comprising a body of flexible material adapted tocover the hand and including a stall for the fingers of the hand, and athumb stall, a metallic covering extending over the palm of the body andthe palm side of the thumb stall and partly around upon the back of thebody, said covering being composed of U- shaped links, each including across bar, and legs extending therefrom, said links being arranged inadjacent rows, the links of one row having sliding engagement with thelinks of the adjacent rows, but the links of the same row being.independent of each other, the links forming the margins of the coveringeach having its cross bar formed with an eye, rivets holding the severaleyes to the material of the body, an eyelet arranged at the end of thethumb side eyelet engaging the eye formed in the cross bars of adjacentlinks.

In testimony whereof We hereunto afiix our signatures in the presence oftwo witnesses.

GLADWIN TAMS. FRED. A. TAMS. Witnesses:

J. T. JARMUTH, Mrs. A. W. TAMs.

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